USRA 0-8-0
USRA 0-8-0 | |
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standard gauge | |
Driver dia. | 51 in (1,295 mm) |
Wheelbase |
|
Length | 66 ft 1+1⁄2 in (20.15 m) |
Width | 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) |
Height | 15 ft 0 in (4.57 m) |
Axle load | 55,000 lb (25,000 kg) |
Loco weight | 220,000 lb (100,000 kg) |
Tender weight | 144,000 lb (65,000 kg) |
Total weight | 364,000 lb (165,000 kg) |
Fuel type | Coal |
Fuel capacity | 32,000 lb (15,000 kg) |
Water cap. | 8,000 US gal (30,000 L; 6,700 imp gal) |
Firebox: | |
• Grate area | 46.6 sq ft (4.33 m2) |
Boiler pressure | 175 psi (1.21 MPa) |
Heating surface: | |
• Firebox | 190 sq ft (18 m2) |
• Tubes | 1,796 sq ft (166.9 m2) |
• Flues | 773 sq ft (71.8 m2) |
• Total surface | 2,781 sq ft (258.4 m2) |
Superheater: | |
• Heating area | 637 sq ft (59.2 m2) |
Cylinders | Two, outside |
Cylinder size | 25 in × 28 in (635 mm × 711 mm) |
Valve gear | Baker |
Valve type | 14-inch (360 mm) piston valves |
Performance figures | |
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Tractive effort | 51,042 lbf (227.05 kN) |
The USRA 0-8-0 was a
UIC classification
.
A total of 175 locomotives were built under USRA control; these were sent to the following railroads:
Railroad | Quantity | Class | Road numbers | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | 10 |
F-1 |
540–549 |
[2] |
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway | 8 |
329-336 |
||
Erie Railroad | 16 |
C-1 |
120–135 |
[3] |
Kansas City Terminal Railway | 5 |
34-38 |
||
Louisville and Nashville Railroad | 6 |
C-2 |
2118–2123 |
[4] |
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad |
10 |
39-48 |
||
Northern Pacific Railway | 4 |
G-1 |
1170–1173 |
[5] |
New York Central Railroad | 25 |
U-3a |
415–439 |
Renumbered 7815–7839[6] |
NYC subsidiary Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | 9 |
U-3a |
7440–7448 |
Renumbered 7740–7748[6] |
NYC subsidiary Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad | 20 |
U-3a |
300–319 |
[6] |
NYC subsidiary Kanawha and Michigan Railroad | 3 |
U-3a |
553,554,568 |
Renumbered 9548-9550, then 7758–7760[6] |
NYC subsidiary Lake Erie and Western Railroad | 3 |
U-3a |
4250–4252 |
to |
NYC subsidiary Michigan Central Railroad | 10 |
U-3a |
8940–8949 |
Renumbered 7840–7849[6] |
NYC subsidiary Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad |
5 |
U-3a |
9543–9547 |
Renumbered 7753–7757[6] |
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | 35
|
Y-3
|
Ten were built in 1920 (3400-3409), twenty in 1922 initially lettered CNE 13-32 (3415-3434), and five in 1923 (3410-3414). | [8] |
Pere Marquette Railway | 10 |
1300–1309 |
to Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 40–49[9] | |
Rutland Railroad | 2 |
U-3 |
109–110 |
[10] |
Southern Railway | 20 |
As-11 |
1878-1897 |
[11] |
West Point Route ( Atlanta and West Point Rail Road ) |
1 |
G |
215 |
[12] |
West Point Route ( Georgia Railroad ) |
2 |
G |
801–802 |
[12] |
West Point Route (Western Railway of Alabama) | 1 |
G |
115 |
[12] |
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway |
5 |
C-1 |
5101–5105 |
to New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ("Nickel Plate Road") 271–275 in 1949[7]
|
Total | 175 |
After the dissolution of the USRA, an additional 1,200 copies of the USRA 0-8-0 were built for many railroads, There is a known survivor of this Type, Republic Steel Corp. #285, which is an ALCO (Richmond) product built in 1925. It is now preserved at the Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven, Kentucky. It is unknown if any more USRA 0-8-0s of this type exist.
References
- ^ "USRA Locomotives". Steamlocomotive.com. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
- ^ Drury pp.105–106
- ^ Drury pp.179–180
- ^ Drury pp.229–230
- ^ Drury p.317
- ^ a b c d e f g Drury pp. 275–276
- ^ a b Drury pp.286–287
- ^ "NYNH&H STEAM - CLASS Y-2 and Y-3 0-8-0". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
- ^ Drury pp.86–87
- ^ Drury p.339
- ^ Drury pp.372–373
- ^ a b c Drury p.31
- Westcott, Linn H. (1960). Model Railroader Cyclopedia - Volume 1: Steam Locomotives. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-89024-001-9.
- Drury, George H. (1993), Guide to North American Steam Locomotives, Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Company, LCCN 93041472
- Railroad Master Mechanics' Association (1922). Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practise - 6th Edition, 1922. Simmons-Boardman.